Rick Rubin is an American producer and former co-president of Columbia Records, Rubin is the co-founder Def Jam Records and has had a major influence on Hip-Hop music.

Today I have carried out some research on a few of the production techniques Rick Rubin uses, I watched an interview with him conducted by Zane Lowe. One of the most interesting things I learnt from this interview is the way Rick Rubin runs his sessions.

At 13:01 Rick Rubin says “The goal is to create a setting where an artist can be completely vulnerable….completely free to be themselves” he goes on to explain how important it is for an artist to feel comfortable in the studio and how every artist requires a specific environment.

For example at 13:38 he says “not having anyone else in the studio can work……if their friends are there they may perform for their friends”

This level of artist and environment management is essential if you wish to create good music, and I will be incorporating this into how I run my studio sessions. I will also try to run multiple sessions with the same artist so a relationship can form making them more comfortable.

This post relates to learning outcome 2